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Reforming blood-thirsty guerrillas with love, saving African orphans in the war with their lives - Testimony of Adas and Rosemeire   Author: Dr. Jun Xu Translator: BRI Youth: Gabriel Rao June 10, 2019 Photo 1, Adas and Rosemeire had their honeymoon in Gambia, 1995 I met Mr. Henrique Adas and his wife Mrs. Rosemeire Adas when I first went to West Africa in 2013. As of this year, they have been in Africa for 28 Years, I always feel that their weather-beaten red faces and black hair that covered their brains must be like the deep mountain warehouse of the Ali [...]

The Hero Fighting Leprosy and Female Genital Mutilation –Biography of Ana Paula ------Dr. Jun Xu’s travel memoir in West Africa 2018 Author: Jun Xu, MD, Translator: Amy Guo  In March 2017, I went on my fourth service trip to Senegal, West Africa. During Since 2013, I got to know Ms. Ana Paula. She was only 5’5 and have a pair of smart and expressive eyes. For past 6 years, I visited the leprosy villages in Kedougou, Senegal, west Africa every year, but never even once had I think about who found the road in the thrones and bush to the leprosy [...]

In Memory of Dr. Faye who sacrificed for medical development in rural Senegal Author: Jun Xu, MD, Translator: Amy Guo In March 2017, I went on my fourth service trip to Senegal, West Africa. During the 500-mile bumpy mountain road to a leprosy village, Dr. Faye and I talked endlessly on the bus. Maybe because of our career as physicians, we were not afraid of discussing life and death. During this lively conversation, I captured a photo of a rising sun, without knowing in two days it was the last sunrise we both saw. Figure1: Sunrise in Senegal       [...]